2½ Cents Dolos
© Philip Coetzee
Features
| Issuer |
South Africa
 |
|---|---|
| Period |
Republic (1961-date)
|
| Type | Non-circulating coins |
| Year | 2016 |
| Value | 2½ Cents 0.025 ZAR = USD 0.0015 |
| Currency | Rand (1961-date) |
| Composition | Silver (.925) |
| Weight | 1.414 g |
| Diameter | 16.3 mm |
| Thickness | 2.0 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 138814 |
| References | Hern# Nm20 Brian Hern, Peter Wilson (ed.), Henk Loots (ed.); 2017. Hern's Handbook on South African Coins and Patterns 2017/18 (9th Edition). Gary Levitan, Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa. |
Commemorative issue
Breakwater Technology
Series: South African inventions
Obverse
Protea Plant in center of coin with wording around the edge.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
South Africa
KG
2016
Engraver: George Kruger Gray
Reverse
Dolos and denomination
Script: Latin
Lettering:
2 1/2 c
PB
Ag925 Cu75
Engraver: Paul Botes
Edge
Reeded
Comments
The dolos is a South African invention used along to cost to prevent the sea from washing away soil or harbour walls.
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 2016 | 392 | Proof | |||||||||||||
| 2016 | Proof; Combo set with R2 | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 CPT | 147 | Cape Town mint mark | |||||||||||||
| 2016 DBN | 400 | Durban mint mark | |||||||||||||
| 2016 JHB | 895 | Johannesburg mint mark | |||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 89
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Bullion value: USD 2.88
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Actual silver weight: 0.042 oz
Current silver price: 68.60 USD/oz (see silver price 
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